Man arrested after fighting with police officers

PORT ORCHARD — A Bremerton man was charged with third-degree assault Monday in Kitsap County District Court after scuffling with Port Orchard police.

Police were sent to a downtown bar just before 2 in the morning Saturday for a fight involving four or five women. While officers were investigating, a man started fighting with them. As they were arresting him on suspicion of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, another man yelled at them to stop beating his friend, according to police and court documents.

They told the second man to leave or be arrested, but he wouldn't go away. When they tried to arrest him, he resisted. He hit one officer in the face with a fist and narrowly missed punching another in the groin. As they struggled on the ground, the man grabbed an officer's holstered pistol, according to a report from police.

Eventually, the man was subdued with help from two Taser deployments. He was restrained and taken to the Kitsap County jail, where he remains.